Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest]

Lottus
Indomitable Force

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PL: 168,810
XP: 0
Wrathful (x5)
Restrained Super Saiyan (x18)

Tag: @lottus
Posts: 935

Item Malus: 1,250

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 6, 2022 13:56:58 GMT -5

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Post by Lottus on Dec 6, 2022 13:56:58 GMT -5

Nasu was every bit as capable as Lottus now was - and the prospect of facing the Saiyan on such even footing was an incredible feeling. They disagreed philosophically, but that was neither here nor there. Throwing barbed words back and forth wasn't going to make the fight fun. However, a light hurtling through the sky catches Lottus' eye - and the light heads straight for the warrior!

A stray ki blast? No - it was not meandering, it was beelining for Nasu! Of course, the warrior easily swiped it away with his sword. Cato appeared nearby within the same moment, her determined expression and words showing the intent to stand with Lottus. It was... a strange thing. He'd stood on his own for so long now, that he'd forgotten what it meant to be part of a squad.

When Nasu explodes towards Lottus, the berserker reacts by raise his left knee in the path of Nasu's fist, and using his right forearm to block Nasu's attempt to headbutt him in the face! Lottus grins and throws a glance Cato's way. He was about to tell Cato to be careful trying to interpose herself into this fight - when another familiar face appears. The young woman Lottus met only a few days ago - Jagaimo wasn't it? - hurtles forth with an attack of her own, aimed at Cato!

"Cato! Watch your flank!" Lottus bellows to her. What happens next becomes too much for Lottus to process properly. Even as he pressed against Nasu's strength, his scouter suddenly bleats. A message? Now? His scouter auto scrolls the message, and Lottus' attention suddenly leaves Nasu as he snarls, "Fukushu... I warned you!!"

Lottus looks back at Nasu, as the two remain locked against each other's strengths.

"Looks like you're off the hook, Nasu." Lottus says, hate and fury in his yellowed eyes. "I have a Heran to-"

Several explosions riddle against Lottus' back, taking the berserker Saiyan by surprise. Lottus is thrown forward past Nasu by the repeated concussive blasts, though the damage they cause him is negligible. At that point, Lottus' mind had begun to slip back into that place. Like dark tendrils within the confines of his mind grasping at what little control he had left, Lottus felt himself go.

The Saiyan grits his teeth so hard, they threatened to crack. He turns around, and sees a massive, garish war machine heading towards them.

A Tuffle. Lottus' aura explodes to life, bathing the immediate area in its dark crimson glow, a visual manifestation of the uncontrolled rage now pouring from Lottus. But even as the aura erupts, Lottus' hand slaps against the side of his head - both hands. A faint blue glow, like a flame burning away paper, reveals Lottus' left arm intact.

Zuqetta's magic to make Lottus look maimed had been literally burned away, and a thick scar forming a full ring around the arm just under the shoulder is revealed. Zuqetta had reattached the arm, and convinced Lottus to keep up a facade of being maimed to catch a major enemy off guard. But, that little surprise was now moot.

Lottus roars in his fury, trying to retake control of himself, but it was a losing battle.

Fukushu had used Destron. Nasu belittled him. Cato was under attack. Finally, he loses. Lottus throws his head back in a terrible snarl, and explodes forth through the air towards Cheri and her cowardly Tuffle creation - a war machine that reminded Lottus of the much smaller war androids that he'd faced during the war.

Like the one that killed Rapini. As Lottus flew towards Cheri, Rapini's face, blood seeping from her eyes, ears, mouth, and nose after being blasted full force with Destron by the Tuffle war android fill his consciousness, further driving his madness. Right now, Cheri's war mech WAS that abominable machine that killed Rapini. That killed his squad. He had to destroy it. Destroy her. Destroy everything.

Lottus closed the distance in the time it takes the heart to beat but once, and attempts to ram against the center of the war suit. His crimson and black aura, nearly the size of the great war machine, attempts to wrap around Cheri's war mech, trying to seep into the suit and infect Cheri with his own Wrath, as he strikes with enough force to potentially bring Cheri's war machine crashing down into a nearby building!

Lottus takes full damage from Cheri's attack - suffering 26% damage, and retaliates with Non-KP attacking, trying to slam Cheri's war machine suit into one of the nearby city buildings.

Lottus attempts to infect Cheri with Utility Technique || Wrathful Aura
Description: When Wrathful State (transformation) or any variation of the transformation is active, Lottus focuses the corrupting power onto his foe, trying to frenzy them with the same bloodlust that he experiences trying to control or make them go berserk with rage.

Requirements: First and foremost, this ability affects other players' characters negatively - therefore, in order for them to be afflicted with Berserk the player being affected must give express permission that their character can be affected. Secondly, Lottus can only use Wrathful Aura when using a transformation that includes Wrathful in the name. And thirdly, the ONLY way Wrathful Aura can affect a target is through physical contact. Melee attacks made by Lottus, and against Lottus only. Ki Blast techniques (that do not involve physically touching Lottus) are not subject to the Wrathful Aura's effect.

Enemy characters cannot be afflicted with Berserk more that two times per thread. Players determine for themselves how long the effects of Berserk apply to their character(s).

PL: 518,500
KP: 6/6 +2 Turn/Non-KP Attack
MP: 6/6 +2 Turn/Suffered >20% Damage
HP: 46/250%
WC: 731

Resource(s): Wrathful Aura (UT), Horrifying Countenance (UT), Saiyan Heritage (UT), Zenkai, ~~Restrained Might, Saiyan Pride~~, Burning Ki

Plotter: dbsparking.freeforums.net/thread/2784/lottus-plotter
Theme Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlEBEthFVAA

Cato
Renowned Power

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 117,000
XP: 7,910
Oozaru (x5)
Super Saiyan (x18)

Tag: @cato
Posts: 456

Minion PL: 500

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 6, 2022 15:09:26 GMT -5

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Post by Cato on Dec 6, 2022 15:09:26 GMT -5

As Cato's attack shimmered out of existence against Nasu's blade, she came to a momentary halt. She could hear his voice inside her head, ringing out with a word of advice: stop interfering. She considered those words barely a moment before raising her blade again, prepared to launch another attack. She was certain he was wrong, and even if he was right--it was her call to intervene, not Lottus'.

Then, Lottus' alarm caused her to whirl around in place, just in time to see an unfamiliar Saiyan mounting an attack. She had barely more than a moment to react, as a wave of ki raced towards her. She didn't have time to think--she just clutched her blade in both hands, let her power swell to its absolute limit, and swung.

As her blade crested through the air, it took on a strange, reddish tinge, as ki began to streak off of the blade. It was imperfect: a new technique she had barely had time to test on anything studier than a bonewood tree. But with the Chancellor mounting an attack on Lottus in the periphery, there was no more time to waste playing things safe.

"Stay down!" she yelled, as she weaved her blade around the incoming ki, taking the attack clean in the process. Deep burns appeared across her exposed skin, but the pain wouldn't slow her down with momentum still on her side. "I don't want to hurt you, but I won't let you interfere here!"

She twisted her sword at the last second, aiming to complete her follow-through and strike the opposing Saiyan clear on the head--but with the flat of the blade, rather than the edge. At the moment of impact, a fresh surge of reddish ki sparked to live around the blade, aiming to add an even heavier burst of power to her heavy blow.

If successful, Cato would send unknown Saiyan crashing into a nearby building -- a huge auditorium of some sort, ostensibly once used to host academic conferences or political speeches. How long it might stand was anyone's guess -- but it would give Cato cover to try to deal with this particular threat, while the real powers waged their war in the skies above.

"Be careful with the Chancellor, Lottus!" Cato called. "If she's got a suit like that, you'd better expect the unexpected."

With that, she raced off in pursuit of her foe--whether she had been knocked all the way into that auditorium or not.

Cato uses a 4MP Momentum Boost to momentarily spike her total PL to 390,000. This means she takes 17% damage, and Bleed does not activate. She then uses her Medium Offensive || Mortar Barrage, flavoured through the activation of her Z-Sword as an attack with the flat of her blade against Jagaimo.

This is a 70% damage attack that costs 4 KP, boosted to 100% by the Z-Sword. This amounts to 390,000 damage. Additionally, it has the Vampiric effect added, meaning Cato will regain 1 KP if it deals damage.

Finally, Cato is attempting to knock Jagaimo into a 1v1 split with this attack. If by some chance this attack deals critical damage, it will be to apply a KO without a wound.

PL: 390,000 (one turn only)
KP: 1/6 (-1)
MP: 0/6 (-4)
HP: 17/270 (+17)

Thread TWC: 1,961

Resources: ~~Vampiric~~, ~~Z-Sword~~, Burning Ki, Avenger, Saiyan Pride

Last Edit: Dec 6, 2022 15:13:22 GMT -5 by Cato

Technique & Story Information
Profile Picture by Aclyr | Sprite by Saizomaru

Nasu
Indomitable Force

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 150,466
XP: 19,952
Saiyan Soul (x5)
Super Soul (x18)

Tag: @nasu
Posts: 640

Minion PL: 1
Minion Forms: N/A

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 6, 2022 16:33:27 GMT -5

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Post by Nasu on Dec 6, 2022 16:33:27 GMT -5

It struck once more much like lightning would, the fist that was first meant to connect with Lottus’ stomach had blocked instead with his knee. Both Saiyans were by all merit quite robust and tough enough where even such a physical exchange was enough to potentially create a shock wave between the two, his attention completely away from any other in the immediate area, even Ward had escaped his mind as of now, where his eyes instead focused on Lottus. Both were even and matched, he could not expect to just get away with such easy attempts.

Of course then it became one such kind of a battle where both opponents would best be described as trying to pull a rope from either end, there was not much of a difference. Nasu had to go harder, he had to go onto greater extremes if he wished this situation to finally unlock itself from the stalemate that was slowly being introduced.

And then something came up. Not even Nasu would know exactly what, he did not exactly have the kind of intelligence and attentiveness to such unimportant and unrelated events to combat that he would read backwards text on a scouter. Whatever it was, though, he could feel his opponent’s attention slipping away.

The Heran. Fukushu was down to something?! He snarled as well, trying to get a sense for Vocado. He could not quite tell, but he was definitely alive, perhaps wounded even but he could not exactly tell for sure when there was Lottus in front of him, his focus was just out of this world. But he could tell that the fellow Saiyan warrior was fighting fiercely against his opponent, that much he could tell from his aura.

Lottus was about to leave, but before Nasu could even elaborate the news, somebody struck him. No, not somebody. Explosions even, but they looked familiar. He felt like the man had been subject to one such kind attack before and when he turned to see whoever did it, he spotted her. No. Nasu’s eyes turned wide and before long, Lottus had already fallen into the state, trying to crush himself into the war machine.

“CHERI!!”

Panic, fear and anger struck the man all at once. No, he could not allow Lottus to even get close to Cheri. But even worse, his eyes could spot the aura that was trying to seep into the armor, that would have been the worst. Nasu had achieved the peak of his mental and spiritual state, he was untouchable by any and all that would once more try to have their way with his body, for him it was no problem and could easily come in contact with Lottus but others were not and he could not pass his resistances onto someone else. He rushed and given he was also not sure he could make it in time physically, he halted mid air to use all the force in his arm to strike forward in the air, creating a shockwave to hopefully cut enough distance between the two. Hoping he would make it in time before Cheri would be sent flying.

But even then he did not jump Lottus just yet, because right now something even worse struck him. For the months that he had become possessed, he was in a state where he was partially aware of what was going on. Needless to say, the thought of having to fight Cheri was suffocating him, and thus his first thought was dedicated to the Chancellor.

“Cheri, are you alright?! Are you still yourself? That guy’s attacks are dangerous, they will twist your mind. Answer me!”

And while he did so, he prepared himself for what was to come. His hand once more held onto a sword that came to be, birthed into reality with his magic, and slowly his aura began to wrap him, trying to collect as much energy as possible.
WC: 660
Total WC: 4,165
Thread Power Level: 100,000
Power Level: 500,000
HP: ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ 250%
KP: 6/6
MP: 6/6
Resources: Saiyan Pride, Burning Ki, Combat Learning, Avenger, Trump Card, Sacred Water, Sparking
Active Resources: N/A
Used Resources: N/A
OOC Notes/Items Used:
[Utility] Monkey Style used for a rushed Kiai attack, no harming properties from this distance but is aimed to try and push away the two from one another to prevent the Berserk state from reaching Cheri.
[Utility] Spirit Sword materializes his sword.
Contacting Chancellor Cheri with [Utility] Telepathy

Ward
Indomitable Force

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 120,000
XP: 5,298
Kaio (x4)
Dai-Kaio (x6)
Equilibrium (x14)

Tag: @ward
Posts: 738

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 6, 2022 17:58:23 GMT -5

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Post by Ward on Dec 6, 2022 17:58:23 GMT -5

Every moment felt as if it would split into two inevitably diverging paths no matter how hard some were trying to claw to keep things steady. The balance shifted so heavily it was starting to effect Ward's equilibrium, but again a path shifted and down it he felt forced. It was hard to keep up between one leader that seemed genuinely concerned and trying to placate him best they could, and another that had shown up in a war machine that seemed less keen on fixing anything happening and only wanting to be right.

There was a brief pause as Amara brought up some signature they were reading involving destron, but there was no way of knowing if they were simply trying to pull him away in case he got involved in the larger fight, or if this was exactly what he had come here for. Once more the paths split, and the actions and words to follow caused what could only be called a small break in Ward's mind, not in any degree that would cause anger, but as if someone had put too much weight on a platform and it finally started to give way. His eye gave a heavy single twitch as he looked to Amara starting to leave, but once more Cheri had none of it, no interest in giving Amara the benefit of the doubt, no care to try and discuss this any further with Ward, just more telling him how wrong he was. By the time their statement was done and they were finished declaring how correct they felt they were, any moral superiority Ward had felt suddenly found itself feeling inadequate in comparison.

There was no retort, no immediate action, just a blank stare followed by a second twitch of his eye as he stared at Cheri. He had made it clear before he was done talking and had said what he had to say, but the loud squeak from the scales above as they heavily shifted even further down was clear enough. It was in that moment that Cheri turned away as if she was done with the conversation and done with Ward, leaving him perplexed given the context of the large storm cloud he was still manifesting above that darkened to pure black, clearly unnatural for any cloud, and much like his creation before when he clenched his fist it looked to become unstable.

A brief moment passed before everything caught up to him, and by that point Cheri had decided her time was better spent antagonizing and attack Lottus, which in truth was the true threat thus far, but given he was in the midst of a fight that his opponent was taking care of, the entire act only further dipped the scale above. The ruined storm cloud above belched out a sound that was meant to be lighting, but sounded like an agitated growl that rumbled the air, and suddenly Ward was gone.

Likely out of view of those in front of Cheri's machine, Ward appeared behind them, both hands pushed out as he attempted to hold it back and any forces pushing against the large machine to keep Cheri exactly where they were for as long as he could. A large aura of blue energy came flowing from behind, as Ward's body was starting to cover with the same energy, forming what looked like a liquid trail until it hit the very top of the machine Cheri was inside of.

"The scales have given their judgement. Unbalanced."

The aura started to shift, change into what looked like a large hand not gripping over the top of the mech, squeezing down as if trying to crush the top off and get to the mortal inside.

Light Attack Technique || Materialized Projectiles (alternate)
40% - 2KP
240,000

4/6 KP
5/6 MP

Split request has been denied

Jagaimo
Dreadspawn

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 113,000
XP: 36,894
Oozaru (x5)

Tag: @jagaimo
Posts: 519

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 7, 2022 19:40:27 GMT -5

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Post by Jagaimo on Dec 7, 2022 19:40:27 GMT -5

Jagaimo had followed up, chasing after her slicing attack as it closed the distance to its intended target, the pink haired woman with the big sword in one hand…what was it with people and swords lately, Griselda, Nasu, Zuqetta, Amara and now this lady as well…it was almost like people didn’t fully trust their own bodies to be the weapon they needed. The young Saiyan had expected some kind of evasive manoeuvre from her chosen opponent but even with their power difference she hadn’t expected the woman to just swing her blade through the attack as a counter. Jagaimo’s own forward momentum met the blade as it reached the pinnacle of its arc before smashing flat side on into the young lady's face and chest. The effect must have been something quite remarkable.

Well Jagaimo assumed the effect was remarkable. She herself blacked out the moment the blade impacted with her body, pausing her forward movement and instantly reversing her direction, sending her rag dolling through the sky on a downwards trajectory.

What was left of the auditorium wall in the falling Saiyan’s path offered little in the way of resistance, the girl's body crashing through it like it was made of paper, bringing the ruined wall down as she passed through it. Debris tumbled as Jagaimo smashed into several more solid obstacles on her way down and flopped to a halt half buried in the ground under what was presumably seating benches, tables and dividing walls. Nothing moved for a few seconds, then slowly the pile of smashed together rubble and furniture began to shudder, the loosest parts falling away over the sides of the pile, the larger parts lifting slowly as whatever was buried underneath them began to rise.

Jagaimo groaned as the world came back into focus. And along with that focus the pain came with it. Blood ran freely from her mouth and nose, and when she moved muscles screamed out in protest. Everything hurt when the young fighter finally hoisted the rubble clear of her battered and bruised body, breathing hard through gritted teeth, an arm wiping the blood from her face, a spit clearing her mouth from the coppery taste.

On her knees it took a moment for her brain to comprehend what had happened, piecing together the images it could remember, the final piece falling back into place when she watched the pink haired lady drift down to the gaping hole in the side of the building she’d smacked Jagaimo through. The long haired Saiyan, chuckled to herself, spitting out another mouthful of blood and wincing as one hand clutched at a shoulder that had taken its fair share of the initial impact. She let herself be seen...she wasn't fast enough to escape and frankly had no intention of running away. Let this woman see her.

“So you're helping these people destroy the city huh? Murder the people here that are to weak to defend themselves? Over what? Power…revenge? We bloody won...revenge is only going make more people dead…making the Tuffles suffer more is only going to make them keep hating us. We had a way to end it all…Amara, Cheri…they were going to make sure the peace held…that both peoples could prosper…”

Her words trailed off when she tried to stand, stumbling a little, a hand resting against some fallen piece of wall…or ceiling she wasn’t quite sure.

“You're here then for what? To finish me off? Execute me for standing against you and your friends when innocent civilians are still being murdered in the streets by our kin? Because that’s what's happening out there…Its murder, plain and simple…We should be better than this or we're finished.”

Jagaimo took a faltering step, holding herself up on shaky legs, raising her head up, eyes meeting the other woman’s, not quite broken…the pain bitten back like they were trained to do…

Jagaimo Accepts the Split into the Auditorium Ruins

Noble Blood stops her falling unconscious. (180% Crit Threshold instead of 150%)

Saiyan Pride Activates at <100% damage.

Thread PL: 225,000 (45,000 x5, Wrathful Form)
KP: 1/6 -> 3/6
MP: 5/6 -> 6/6
Dmg: 173/270%

Traits: ~~Antisense~~, Saiyan Pride, Burning Ki, ~~Restrained Might~~, Noble Blood.
Items: N/A

WC: 660
TWC: 3300
Posts: 4

Last Edit: Dec 7, 2022 19:41:04 GMT -5 by Jagaimo

Jagaimo Bio
Jagaimo Plotter

Chancellor Cheri
Indomitable Force

Chancellor of the Tuffles

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 100,000
XP: 14,180
Desperation (x3)
Ape-Buster Suit (x5)
Ultra Tuffle (x16)

Tag: @cheri
Posts: 612 Male

Item Malus: 13,000

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 8, 2022 7:01:58 GMT -5

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Post by Chancellor Cheri on Dec 8, 2022 7:01:58 GMT -5

Cheri’s light volley of missiles succeeded in dealing a small amount of damage to Lottus. However, given intel that was coming in mere seconds too late… oh, damn, that appeared to have been a mistake. A blunder, one might say. And, as regretful as that decision was, regret was an emotional experience Cheri was prepared to encounter only after this battle, if Cheri ever saw such a time. For now, Cheri had to make the best of the situation. A straight-up victory against both Lottus and Ward seemed unlikely, so her strategy pivoted fluidly to one of delaying them and keeping them occupied until such a time as that combat occurring elsewhere would hopefully resolve favorably. There was no guarantee that it would, but that was her hope.

The enraged Lottus flew at Cheri, though thankfully the Chancellor had seen it coming and had lined up a quick teleport to another nearby spot in the city and, with Nasu’s assistance, avoiding Lottus’ blow except for through the slightest moment of contact. But, as always, it wasn’t quite that simple: while she had avoided the damage of the attack itself, Lottus’ strange aura extended far beyond him, and there was contact.

Despite avoiding the direct attack, the Apebuster Suit briefly ragdolled to the ground, as it deactivated or slain: inside the suit, Cheri was overcome with a strange energy! Not only was this strange energy playing havoc with Cheri’s emotions and flooding her mind with a strange hatred, but, with Cheri’s attentions suddenly and unexpectedly forced to focus on resisting this new force, her mind was having trouble interacting with the suit’s own neural pathways.

Nasu’s telepathic communications would go unanswered, as Cheri’s need to focus on this psychic intrusion was so phenomenally great that she lacked even the capacity for comprehensible thought. Even so, perhaps Nasu’s words helped to guide her through it, as the mech lay there seemingly already defeated.

The frame of the Ape-Buster shifted slightly, as if the frame itself, without the thought required to keep it again, was slowly melting. The body would twitch, each limb a Frog galvanoscope detecting voltage.

There was something… familiar, about this corruption. This was not a conscious thought she had, for she was not presently capable of such things: rather, the pathways in her mind that this strange corruption ran through were, notably, already well-tread. While Rosemary herself was nowhere around, Cheri’s experiences with and around her remained: when Rosemary would use her demonic, bloodlust-inducing aura and Cheri was subject to it, she was substantially affected for an embarrassingly long time. The next time? She was affected the next time, too, though to a lesser degree. And the next time, even less than that. Eventually, Cheri had developed a mithridatic resistance to Rosemary’s corruption through continual exposure and recovery. And, while Lottus’ corruption was not quite the same… like an immune system learning from its malefactors and gaining resistances, Cheri was oddly well-equipped to fight off this effect.

Meanwhile, Ward’s liquid-like aura was wrapping around the top of the Ape-Buster to envelop and then crush it like a hand, even though the top was an awful place to want to crush if you wanted to get to Cheri. And he was doing this while trying to keep the mech in place for as long as he could, even though it was fully capable of teleportation…

I-I’m fine..!, Nasu would eventually hear back, finally, with a cohesive thought! We j-just need to keep them distracted for a— she seemed to need to catch her breath, despite this being telepathic. These two are incredibly daft, though in different ways. We just need to keep them distracted while our other forces win their own battles.

Zwoop!

The suit disappeared from its prone, vulnerable state and, in the same moment, reappeared in its original position standing upright in an unorthodox though still heroic pose.

-Sigh-

Unlike Cheri’s last sigh, the others could hear this one. Cheri’s whole suit exuded an audible sigh with superlative disappointment. Despite being a mechanism, a big robotic mech, it seemed to emanate the very idea of a disappointment that overshadows galaxies.

“So you still haven’t put any thought into the situation? Unfortunate. For all your many years, I would have liked to think that you had developed some measure of wisdom, some measure of self-awareness. Have you not put any thought into what any of the last five minutes has meant? Your actions betray your lack of understanding. But, no, let me guess…”

Fortunately, Ward had long since made it clear that he’d made up his mind, if it weren’t already clear upon arrival, long before he’d admitted as such with his actions. He had long since made his mistake, and shortly the consequences would be his to reap.

Ultimately, given that Ward had already made up his mind, his attacking Cheri was a good thing. Provided that Cheri would keep his attentions solely on her, all of his efforts would be wasted: between teleports and personal shields, Cheri was a master at drawing out and numbing the efforts of those who could not draw upon the beauty of battle. Usually this method was most effective against conventional Vegetans who, as a cultural staple, refused to learn battle strategy in favor of learning how to punch harder, but Ward’s most recent attack had already firmly demonstrated that he wasn’t the sort to put thought into his actions. Lottus fell into this, too, needless to say. The two were each not quite double her power, and were therefore not nearly strong enough to end this soon enough for the Plant side to win elsewhere and return. In the end, that victory for Plant was the goal: the value of her own life was insignificant next to that, if the need were to arise.

“You lack even the comprehension to realize just how utterly you’ve failed yourself, don't you?”

Angering them was the goal; that was when they were weakest. Having them attack her was also the goal; so that their efforts would be wasted. The more he focused on Cheri, the more she won.

”also u smell and ur hairline is receding. get rekt”
Perhaps I make Cheri’s strategy too obvious in these posts

I forgot about the Armor Lining. Health is 260, not 250.

Cheri  (mostly) dodges Lottus’ non-KP attack with a non-KP teleport. With Nasu’s assistance and a mithridatic resistance developed through continual exposure to Rosemary’s similar ability, Cheri is able to resist Lottus’ Wrathful Aura after a bit. Though it was pretty scary for a second there, huh?

Cheri uses a Blood Ruby-boosted Emergency Teleport (70% Evasive + 10%, worth 272,000PL) to dodge Ward’s Materialized Projectiles (alternate) worth 240,000PL.

We should bet on how quickly Cheri’s confidence in her ability to handle a few hits is crushed, that'd be fun

KP: 2/6
MP: 6/6
Damage: 0/260
Power: 340,000

Unspent Item Resources:
Blood Ruby 0/2
Battle Armor 2/2
Arm Blaster 2/2
Armor Lining 2/2
Dyno Capsule 2/2
Hetap 1/1
Magic Water 1/1

Other Unspent Resources:
Sparking Technique 2/2

#ff4499

Item Malus Contribution: 13k
Application Spreadsheet

Lottus
Indomitable Force

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 168,810
XP: 0
Wrathful (x5)
Restrained Super Saiyan (x18)

Tag: @lottus
Posts: 935

Item Malus: 1,250

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 8, 2022 13:04:29 GMT -5

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Post by Lottus on Dec 8, 2022 13:04:29 GMT -5

As Lottus makes his attempts on the giant machine, he found it to be irritatingly nimble. And this only further fueled his desire to dismantle it - he didn't care about the weakling Tuffle within it, only that the machine be torn to pieces and rain as debris upon the cityscape. As he pursued it, his aura stretched after it like a clawed hand seeking out its prize. But his pursuit is cut short when an invisible force hammers into his flank!

Snarling, Lottus is knocked away, and crashes through the wall of large building, and through several floors of the flimsy building material - well, flimsy compared to the amount of desperate force Nasu had generated. There was no one within the structure when Lottus furiously threw debris off himself and rushed back to his feet. Lottus bellows in fury, his aura exploding once more and blowing the building away into dust as he hurtles back into the sky.

Part of Lottus caught back a sliver of control, and he stops high above the other three. His right hand presses against his temple as his mangled thoughts swirl in an unending loop. Kill. Destron. Fukushu. Rapini. Machine. And then he heard taunting. Gloating. Were the words aimed at him? Did it matter? They sounded so similar to how that so-called God Sankishin Kamae's taunting that they may as well have been aimed at him. Lottus' left hand raises, pressing against the other side of his head.

Just looking at that giant mech reminded him too much of that day years ago. War machine. Destron.

A sudden, piercing agony rips through Lottus' head, like nails being driven behind his eyes! The trace amounts of Destron that Yatapi's cure had failed to cleanse from his blood had found its way to his head, and once more, exacerbated by the Wrathful State, the Destron's affects were amplified. Blood drips from his nose, and Lottus lets out a strangled scream as he whips his head left to right, pressing harder and harder against the sides of his head to try in vain to make the pain stop.

Had it ever been this intense before? He had to make it stop. It had to stop! The machine needed to be destroyed! Destron needed to be destroyed! The city needed to burn!

Unbeknownst to Lottus, as the furious storm clouds above growled in their own rage, massive scales behind Lottus go unnoticed by the near rabid Saiyan. Lottus throws his head back in a terrible, guttural shriek as his aura suddenly turns from flame-like, to an erratic storm of blindingly bright crimson. Massive bolts of black lightning arc around and away from Lottus, blasting holes in still standing structures and blowing out windows.

The ground began to shudder as the storm of power intensifies, and the pressure of his building power whips the winds like a hurricane gale. Lottus, in what control he had left, presses the back of his right hand into the palm of his left, and he pulls the hands back and to his left at shoulder height. His eye flick between the massive mechanical monstrosity, and to the Saiyan that was very much Lottus' equal in power.

His vision funneled upon his chosen target, and as his power reaches its peak, Lottus thrusts his hands forth. A beam of crimson and black energy rolls forth, almost equal in size to Cheri's mech suit, Ape Buster. The beam bathes the storming clouds and city in a dark red light, as if it were a second sun. Every building the beam passed by shatters at its passing, and the energy finally comes upon its target - Cheri and her war machine!

Lottus attacks Cheri with Heavy Sparking Technique || Obliteration Cannon
Lottus cups his palms together, his right hand pressed back into the palm of his left, and drawn back as he generates Ki for the blast, enveloping him in a whirlwind of crackling, violent Ki. He thrusts his hands forward together, hands close and fingers splayed wide, and unleashes a broad beam of Ki at his target.
Power: 110%
KP Cost: 5 KP
Variants: Quake - This attack deals a potential 30% damage to all other Player Characters present in THIS main thread (Splits are unaffected, but probably notice the ground shuddering event taking place)

Damage heading for Cheri: 570,394!
Damage heading for Nasu (Quake): 155,562!
Damage heading for Ward (Quake): 155,562!

PL: 518,540
KP: 1/6 -5 Heavy Sparking
MP: 1/6 -5 Heavy Sparking
HP: 46/250%
WC: 615

Resource(s): Wrathful Aura (UT), Horrifying Countenance (UT), Saiyan Heritage (UT), Zenkai, ~~Restrained Might, Saiyan Pride,~~ Burning Ki

Last Edit: Dec 8, 2022 13:13:33 GMT -5 by Lottus

Plotter: dbsparking.freeforums.net/thread/2784/lottus-plotter
Theme Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlEBEthFVAA

Nasu
Indomitable Force

STATS
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PL: 150,466
XP: 19,952
Saiyan Soul (x5)
Super Soul (x18)

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Posts: 640

Minion PL: 1
Minion Forms: N/A

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 8, 2022 16:28:06 GMT -5 Tarro likes this

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Post by Nasu on Dec 8, 2022 16:28:06 GMT -5

His mind could not exactly elaborate what Ward was going on about with Cheri, he did not exactly follow the exchange between the two but he could tell that this was bad. Lottus was bad, but he knew Ward could definitely be worse if angered. Truthfully said, however, the man did not despair. He was one hard to show any emotions, perhaps only Cheri managed to bring a sense of panic out of him for a moment there, but truth be told there was no need to worry. Just like she assured him through telepathy, she was fine, to which his heart could only feel relief and his mind understood one thing: she was a warrior as much as he was one. Maybe she did not see herself as one, and rather believed herself to be a soldier, but he could not deny what he saw in her.

She was strong, perhaps not the most powerful but knew how to fight better than most people here. He would know given she kicked his ass quite a few times. She asked him to wait, he could understand why but he doubted those two would let themselves be stalled like that, and furthermore, Lottus was out of it.

Perhaps earlier he could control himself but Nasu could see it just fine, he was just like that time at the lake now. This was not good news, whatever solution could possibly be achieved without falling upon extremes was basically gone for good now. He launched a beam, straight at Cheri, which he rushed to hopefully try and interject it but was instead stopped by the very overwhelming energy of the attack, striking him in his way to stop the Chancellor.

“Cheri, watch out!”

He cried out in her mind, he could not make it on time. And thus he was left up in the air, finally scarred after he had managed to repel damage for that long, and now there was nothing else he had to figure out.

Lottus was too dangerous for him to hold back anymore, and the anger hid away in a corner deep down began to surface, and yet it was not overwhelming him. No, Nasu had leashed his species’ innate wrath and made it his own to be harnessed, no longer would it take the warrior in its thrall much like it did when he fought Rosemary. Did it mean Nasu could not be upset?

No.

Not really.

He was quite pissed off at Lottus right now.

“Justice… demands no less.”

With his body fueled by fury alone, his aura exploded to greater heights, as it began to blow away the dust that Lottus’ attack had left, a brief flash of Nasu’s blank eyes first appeared until it made away for the rest of his body, his pupils as thin as a paper sheet and his veins decorating his skin. Cheri did tell him they needed to stall, but instead the man believed this had to end. For her own safety. Too much blood was shed on this day already. The man’s grip on his arms did not cease, and soon he raised the blade of a weapon far too big and too thick to even be called a sword.

Long enough to reach the heavens. He wielded it only with one hand until he finally rushed forth and made Lottus his target, his sword cloaked in a crimson shroud, he drove the blade into the younger Saiyan first, but then he disappeared, and reappeared, and disappeared and reappeared, the swordsman appeared from all directions and immediately faded away after getting a swing at Lottus, time and time again, from every angle he could possibly imagine. His features and movements were more beast-like, his voice bellowed with rage and his endless roar carried a thunderous strength capable of shattering the earth itself.
WC: 653
Total WC: 4,818
Thread Power Level: 100,000
Power Level: 700,000
HP: ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ 219%
KP: 0/6
MP: 0/6
Resources: Saiyan Pride, Burning Ki, Combat Learning, Avenger, ~~Trump Card~~
Active Resources: MAX POWER, Transformation Boost (MP)
Used Resources: Sparking, Sacred Water
OOC Notes/Items Used:
Contacting Chancellor Cheri with [Utility] Telepathy
Nasu takes head-on the Quake damage for 31% damage to his HP!
Nasu activates Transformation Boost, boosting him up to x7! New PL: 700,000. Costs 4 MP. (2/6 MP)
Nasu activates [Support] Wrathful, granting himself MAX POWER. Costs 1 MP. (1/6 MP)
Nasu uses Sacred Water, flavored as a boost to his Wrathful, restoring 4 MP. (5/6 MP)
Nasu attacks Lottus with [Sparking Heavy Offensive] Living Wrath (840,000) and Bleed+, should this attack deal critical damage, it is meant to wound Lottus. Costs 6 KP and 5 MP.

Last Edit: Dec 8, 2022 16:44:42 GMT -5 by Nasu

Ward
Indomitable Force

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PL: 120,000
XP: 5,298
Kaio (x4)
Dai-Kaio (x6)
Equilibrium (x14)

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Posts: 738

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 8, 2022 17:25:02 GMT -5

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Post by Ward on Dec 8, 2022 17:25:02 GMT -5

To the outsider watching from afar, which he was aware there were more than a few on distant worlds and realms, this might have looked like a fight between two power house warriors attacking the Tuffle leader and their staunch defender. In reality this was Ward who had temporarily set his sites on said leader, and a second fighter who happened to be focused on a current common foe.

The large manifested hand on the top of the mech gripped, every intention of ripping off the top and reaching inside to pull out every piece of metal and machinery till it got to the Cheri. In an instant Ward found his hands outstretched against nothing, and the hand gripped into a fist as the large contraption had somehow moved in a similar fashion to how he would have. Slowly the energy pulled back just as the mangled cloud above looked to be receding in on itself in slow motion, and the aura that was covering Ward began to do the same. His head turned to the side to get a look at Cheri, paying little attention to the raging beast Lottus or what he hadn't given near the attention or respect to, Nasu.

He could hear the cracking of energy that drowned out even the thundering storm, seeing an ominous energy flying into view as he suddenly had his full attention pulled onto Lottus, and could feel the shock wave through his sensing, and the very shift of the air as it rushed towards him. In his mind this was simply the after effects of the amount of force Lottus had put into his attack, thinking to himself how wasteful of a technique it was to vent that much energy, until he realized the power behind it and more than just the pressure of the air was about to smack him dead on. In a flash not much different than Cheri's trick, he was gone, leaving the wave to continue traveling and flying into a set of large buildings, which Ward not had a perfect view of on the opposite side of both Lottus and Nasu.

It was less than the time it would have taken to blink, and Lottus' attack was already in mid air, but seeing this quicker than Ward had, Nasu had a look of pure emotion, no other way to describe it. Momentary concern for Cheri, a hint of pain both mentally and physically from taking the attack that had stopped him from getting to Cheri, and a rage that matched the blood lust in Lottus' own eyes. Once he became fully aware of what was about to happen, he found himself backing away, but for just a moment he hesitated, remembering that he had promised Cato not to let Lottus be captured. The muscles in his arms flexed, visible even with the loose fitting clothes he wore as he struggled with a decision.

The light from the attack crashing into Lottus was reflected in Ward's eyes as he watched, not moving to get further away or to close in and make an attempt to defend. His body looked to relax as he came to terms with his decision, hoping it wasn't going to come back to bite him squarely in his balanced backside.

Kai Kai dodge - 180k against 155,562

6/6 KP
6/6 MP

Chancellor Cheri
Indomitable Force

Chancellor of the Tuffles

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 100,000
XP: 14,180
Desperation (x3)
Ape-Buster Suit (x5)
Ultra Tuffle (x16)

Tag: @cheri
Posts: 612 Male

Item Malus: 13,000

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 9, 2022 6:51:30 GMT -5

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Post by Chancellor Cheri on Dec 9, 2022 6:51:30 GMT -5

Short of that slight moment of contact with Lottus’ fist, and the previously attempted head-crunch from Ward, Cheri had so far gone through all of the battle without being harmed. That, looking at the energies Lottus was bringing around himself, was soon to change.

The winds reversed in their courses. Nearby pebbles and boulders alike would shake under the pressure, and the smaller ones even seemed to float off the air by a few centimeters. With energy like this, as supremely sensible and potent as it was… Cheri knew that the best thing to do was prepare.

With only a few thoughts, various operations, coded modes, emergency systems, and defensive mechanisms all began to enact their various, often slight, purposes. The clean, white, dull plastic look of the suit’s white momentarily shifted into a more reflective, almost metallic sheen: the suit’s reactor (which was Cheri’s body, as it happens) would churn out some more power temporarily, feeding it to both auxiliary and standard defensive systems. Eight picometres over the last one, another three force fields (each representing some disparate yet still absurdly advanced field of science and engineering) appeared on top of the previous multiple hundred.

And, when Lottus’ attack actually fired with its terrifying, city-crushing power? Cheri had no hope of resisting all of the attack, her thinking from the start was more reducing the potential harm to as low as she could feasibly get it. When the attack did meet the suit, it was met by resistance in the form of many force fields: electromagnetic, ki-based, psychic, thaumatological, pataphysical, electronisational, vacuum-based, one that operated off of the sheer, scientifically exploited force of persuasion, and all sorts of other ones, including the most powerful of all: Cheri’s personal shield, which immediately shattered in a tessellated, prismatic lightshow of colours and beauty. Invariably, the beam of black and red pierced through all of them in mere moments, for they could do nothing but slow it down! It was difficult to see quite what happened in the moment but, when the smoke cleared, it was clear: Cheri’s Ape-Buster Suit, while still standing, had a clean hole going through its upper section!

The hole would slowly ooze back into place but, even so, the damage was evident: burn marks would form a circle around where the hole was, or, rather, where it had been. The suit heaved up and down, as if from heavy breathes.

On the bright side, Lottus was highly engaged in the scenario, and wasn’t going to be distracted by anything else in a hurry: he seemed to be especially reactive to the Ape-Buster Suit; perhaps its tuffle cultural imagery had brought up old memories and reopened old scars of the mind from the war? Either way, it was helping.

Speaking of helping: Nasu’s wrathful revenge, born of an impressive emotional depth, was an attack substantially stronger than Lottus’ own! Cheri could not meaningfully contribute, not in any way that measured up against what Nasu was doing… but, Cheri had a few tricks spare, and ultimately Cheri’s mental tactical matrices were putting it at a net positive. So, may as well:

The Ape-Buster’s blaster arm raised up, gathering a large (though rather quiet, unassuming, and weak) pink ball of ki before sending it at Lottus! Barely noticeable next to Nasu’s own attack, frankly: it very possibly might not even be noticed, in the end.

In the few seconds after, she would try to telepathically send Nasu a motivating Brilliantly done!, but Cheri didn't actually know if the telepathic channel was open at the time, and her message very possibly might not have gone anywhere at all. But... so long as she didn't tell anyone about it, there'd be no reason to embarrassed. Right?

Cheri spends 4 MP on a Momentum Boost. This increases her transformation to x6 for this post, with a PL of 408,000.

Cheri uses Personal Shield with a power of 10%, or 40,800 PL, against the 570,394 PL of Lottus’ Obliteration Cannon. Lottus’ attack is left with 529,594PL, which Cheri’s PL is within 60% of: this activates the Shield variant, which further decreases it to 370,716 (rounded up from 370,715.8). This represents 91% (rounded up from 90.8617647%) damage.

Cheri uses the Arm Blaster (20% attack) to make a blast worth 81,600 PL against Lottus.

Dyno Capsule is used to regain a use of the Blood Ruby. Not being a combat item or a consumable, apparently, I can use it in the same post as other items.

KP: 1/6
MP: 2/6
Damage: 91/260
Power: 340,000

Unspent Item Resources:
Blood Ruby 1/2
Battle Armor 2/2
Arm Blaster 1/2
Dyno Capsule 1/2
Hetap 1/1
Magic Water 1/1
I early accidentally listed Armor Lining as a resource in previous posts, woops

Other Unspent Resources:
Sparking Technique 2/2

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Item Malus Contribution: 13k
Application Spreadsheet

Lottus
Indomitable Force

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 168,810
XP: 0
Wrathful (x5)
Restrained Super Saiyan (x18)

Tag: @lottus
Posts: 935

Item Malus: 1,250

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 9, 2022 14:08:29 GMT -5

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Post by Lottus on Dec 9, 2022 14:08:29 GMT -5

His attack hit home in a spectacular show of devastation. Cheri's shields managed to hold back much of the power of his blast, but not enough. The beam tore through the mech and struck another part of the city, exploding in a massive dome of destructive energy, vaporizing an entire city block or two in moments. But Lottus would have no time to witness the machine impossibly repair itself - as in his peripheral vision, Nasu came rocketing towards him.

The massive pillar of light warned Lottus to the other Saiyan's coming attack, and when he charges, Lottus is too exhausted by his own attack to mount a proper defense. But rather than lay back and let what was coming take him, crimson and black ki snake down from his left and right shoulders, gathering and coalescing in his fists, surrounding them in the power.

Lottus turned, and met Nasu's charge. Lottus could not stop the slashes as they came from seemingly every direction - but he was able to intercept some of them. But he felt his flesh split with each successful cut, until it became too much to keep pace with. When Nasu bellowed, so too does Lottus in defiance of his enemy. Eventually, Nasu did break away, leaving Lottus severely lacerated and wheezing with heavily labored breaths - but he was alive. Nasu had failed to end him, and Lottus' Saiyan blood began to boil.

An explosion suddenly envelopes Lottus, hiding the Saiyan in a broad, black cloud of smoke. Lottus falls from the cloud, and slams hard against the side of a nearby building. He bounces hard off the wall, and slams into the wall of the neighboring structure, bouncing off it as well before crashing into the street below in a shower of glass and rubble.

For a long moment, Lottus lay still his eyes staring blankly at the storming sky, his blood pooling around his seemingly broken form. But whether it was sheer dumb stubbornness, or his pride as a Saiyan, Lottus groans, and turns onto his side.

He was down, but not dead. And until he was dead, he had a job to do.

"Rapini..." he groans, forcing himself onto his knees and elbows. Blood pours from his wounds, and Lottus coughs, causing his body to shudder violently as more blood splatters the ground from his mouth. He was failing Rapini. "...No... I can't fail her... I will not fail her!!!"

Defiant to the end, Lottus growls as he forces himself to stand, wobbling as he rises. He could barely breath. His body felt stiff, and it was starting to feel cold. So long as life still coursed through him, Lottus intended to keep fighting. He had to destroy the Destron! But there was only one thing truly standing in his way...

"NASU!!!"

Lottus' mighty bellow was accompanied by an impossible surge of power! His aura, despite the wounds, despite his exhaustion, power still flowed through Lottus. Faces and words flew through Lottus' mind - the foes who had brought him low like a weak child, Sankishin Kamae's taunting... But the demon was right, Lottus was a dog - and this beast still had FANGS!

The faces of Rapini and his squad as they lay dead, the hate and pitious expression that Vocado had when he tried to kill Lottus, Queen Amara's refusal to hold him in regard, and the hatred that now filled the expression of his current foe, and the message from an enemy claiming Fukushu had used Destron, a betrayal.

The worst apparition, was the face of his father, and the hatred on his face, and the grim determination it had after killing Lottus' mother - and the lifelessness of it after Lottus took his revenge. All the faces, all the words, all the HATRED swirled in the Saiyan's mind as his aura explodes with terrible power.

His chest felt cold, and it was like something was constricting him at the same time as trying to break its way out! Lottus' mind, unable to handle everything he was experiencing all at once, finally snaps. Tears roll down from Lottus' eyes, and yet he begins to laugh. The laugh of a man who had truly, finally, broken.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAA!!!!!"

He couldn't control it. Couldn't contain it! The only thing to do, was to embrace it! Lottus surrendered to the explosion of power! His crimson and black aura suddenly seems to be blown away, and a brilliant golden flame erupts, bathing the city around Lottus in its light!

Lottus attempts to counter Nasu's attack with Light Attack Technique || Crusher Blow
Lottus focuses his power into a Ki-infused punch, wrapping his fist and lower arm in Ki aura for a harsh blow.
Power: 20% 103,708 damage
KP Cost: 1 KP

Sparking vs Light ATK - Nasu's attack wins, but is reduced to 149% damage! (BLEED+ inflicted!)
Lottus takes Cheri's attack in full! 16% damage!

New PL (Super Saiyan): 1,877,744
KP: 0/6
MP: 0/6 -1 For Second Wind (used MP during transformation)
HP: 201/250% (Bleed+ begins next turn)(Recovered 10%HP with Second Wind)
WC: 749

Resources: Resource(s): Zenkai, ~~Restrained Might~~, Saiyan Pride, Burning Ki

Last Edit: Dec 10, 2022 11:30:12 GMT -5 by Lottus

Plotter: dbsparking.freeforums.net/thread/2784/lottus-plotter
Theme Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlEBEthFVAA

Nasu
Indomitable Force

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 150,466
XP: 19,952
Saiyan Soul (x5)
Super Soul (x18)

Tag: @nasu
Posts: 640

Minion PL: 1
Minion Forms: N/A

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 10, 2022 3:33:50 GMT -5

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Post by Nasu on Dec 10, 2022 3:33:50 GMT -5

Nasu met Lottus much like a beast would, there was indeed barely any mercy in those strikes. Sword met flesh, and blood exploded across the city, his technique had made his way through Lottus’ shell and had indeed managed to make a significant hit. On the last swing, he flew straight into the ground, away from him, landing on his feet. Crouched, he rested briefly with his sword on his shoulder, until he pushed himself up and turned around to gaze at his work. There was no doubt he had left quite a mark there, alas he did not manage to take him down just yet apparently, which was as much of a disappointment to him as it must have been felt in general.

Nevertheless, even that disappointment faded away when Cheri left a compliment in his mind through the telepathic link he had been using earlier to contact her. He shut his eyes, somewhat sobering up from that anger explosion and briefly eyed her.

“Are you alright?”

Ere long, however, he began to notice something strange with Lottus. He was fighting back, but that was not much of a surprise, instead there was another sensation his senses were slowly picking up on. Much like a wolf’s instincts, his blood boiled in a fascinating way, and that was when suddenly his name had been called out and Lottus’ power surged, through the golden flame. Nasu reverted to a blank face. He stared with a rather empty gaze at what he currently faced before a hand slowly reached for his face, he wiped away the blood from his features before his hand was all he focused on; it was warm, he could still feel.

This was real, all right.

“Ha. Hahahaha…”

Suddenly a laughter cracked and his hand slowly covered his face before he smacked the appendage away, to wash it away from the blood. Memories slowly flooded in from his own time, the tragedy wrought upon him by the hands of his father once more recalled. He was one of the many religious freaks that believed Sadala had been destroyed by the Super Saiyan so their species could answer for their sins, and believed that he would return with enough carnage.

“I would not make it justice to say destiny is twisted. I can see it, ‘father’... your grin all the way down there from hell. In the end I truly summoned the Super Saiyan.”

But his mind did not abandon him. He was not THE Super Saiyan, for he knew Lottus was but a boy compared to him and there was no way he would have been around for the days their species spent on Sadala. No, he had become one. An interesting turn of events, indeed. His attention returned to Cheri.

“Cheri. I know full well that you will most likely not heed my advice, but I suggest you leave. He is gone in the head, anyone is clearly a target now and I can not lose you, no matter what. I created this monster and I must take responsibility.”

That was right. He would see this fight to the end. Therefore he lifted his sword and braced it once more ahead, preparing himself for what was to come.
WC: 542
Total WC: 5,360
Thread Power Level: 100,000
Power Level: 500,000
HP: ▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰▰ 219%
KP: 2/6
MP: 0/6
Resources: Saiyan Pride, Burning Ki, Combat Learning, Avenger
Active Resources:
Used Resources: Sparking, Sacred Water
OOC Notes/Items Used: N/A.

Last Edit: Dec 10, 2022 3:35:18 GMT -5 by Nasu

Ward
Indomitable Force

STATS
STUFF
SIDES

PL: 120,000
XP: 5,298
Kaio (x4)
Dai-Kaio (x6)
Equilibrium (x14)

Tag: @ward
Posts: 738

Sins of the Unfinished War - [Conquest] Dec 10, 2022 4:17:58 GMT -5

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Post by Ward on Dec 10, 2022 4:17:58 GMT -5

Up to this point he had felt as if he had a grasp on things, perhaps not to an extent that he was in full control, but he could see all the pieces on the board clearly, and most importantly where they were moved and being moved. There was a crack from the sky, but it was not his nearly dissipated cloud, but the scales he had created earlier, and the side that had began to tip further had began to rise almost as if something was forcing it to move. The mechanism that allowed it to move could be heard audibly and loudly creaking as if it was trying to push back against the movement, and then a loud pop as both sides of the scales completely snapped off and the entire thing turned to sand and fizzled.

Even Ward wasn't quite sure what to make of what the hell had just happened, given that it was his own creation and it sure as hell wasn't acting on his commands. Turning back to Cheri who had by this time gone back to a more neutral state, he had completely missed the last few moments, but he certainly didn't miss that feeling that hit him in the chest, knocking all of his composure away in an instant. This wasn't just an increase in power of some sort, but something he hadn't felt before. His elder in Otherworld were strong than him in some instances, and he knew the Supreme Kai dwarfed him, but he had never felt it, especially not this close and so suddenly.

It was anger, it was power, it was strength, and it was perhaps his best chance of getting exactly what he had came for. All this time he had been striving for balance, looking for the path that would allow him to place things as they should be. It seemed balance had reached out to him finally, after so many centuries of feeling too far away to touch, it was now reaching out and giving him a gift, shining golden in all its flaws.

Slowly his body raised as he could feel the skin tightening on the sides of his face, pulling unnaturally the higher he went, until he was a good ten or so feet above Lottus with the most a look of relief and joy? Both of his hands lifted to his face as he stared at his palms like he had never seen the before, then down to Lottus, taking a deep breath that extended his chest. His mouthed was obviously moving, but he spoke no louder than normal, likely making it near impossible for anyone to hear him, as his hands began to glow a deep, sickening green.

"I've been looking at it all wrong. I understand. If this is what the balance dictates, then I shall become its vessel."

Quickly extending out his arms towards Lottus, what looked like two stone pillars the size of his arms shot out with two stone hands protruding from the end of each, until they reached the near rampaging rage creature. The deep green energy moved down each as the makeshift hands gripped onto Lottus' left arm, gripping on painfully tight until the energy reached his body. Once more he spoke, but louder than before, his voice deeper, more determined sounding.

"The balance has called upon you to enact its will. Be an instrument of balance and do what you came to do!"

Ward's body lit up bright, making it hard to look at him for long, not simply an aura, but as if he had caught fire, the green color turning brighter and brighter, and in short time the same energy began to cover Lottus' body. The sensation wouldn't have just been that of someone healing him, but completely removing the thought of pain itself, burning it away with a warm and forceful presence. It wouldn't have taken long, and it was no doubt painful for a short time, but whatever wounds, whatever damage he had suffered, there were no traces left.

The extensions crumbled away, the energy dissipated, and Ward for the moment looked exhausted as he began to float backwards, out of the way of what was likely to come.

Magic Materialization - Two large extended false arms/hands to grab Lottus from a distance as a conduit

Mystic Arts
6 KP - 150% Heal for Lottus
Given base to base, this heals Lottus for 145% healing and triggers his Zenkai

0/6 KP
6/6 MP

Current TWC 4,798

Last Edit: Dec 12, 2022 3:09:25 GMT -5 by Ward

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Chancellor Cheri
Indomitable Force

Chancellor of the Tuffles

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STUFF
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PL: 100,000
XP: 14,180
Desperation (x3)
Ape-Buster Suit (x5)
Ultra Tuffle (x16)

Tag: @cheri
Posts: 612 Male

Item Malus: 13,000

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Post by Chancellor Cheri on Dec 11, 2022 0:59:17 GMT -5

”N-No, it c-can’t be… It’s… the— the Legendary Super Saiyan?" Cheri could not help but utter to herself, though quietly.

What… what was this power? It emanated from Lottus to a degree that far exceeded anything else Cheri’s scouter had ever legitimately detected! This power… could it be? No, it couldn’t possibly be, it was impossible. It was just a legend, after all! A fairy story, originating from Sadala but radically altered and recontextualized in the new cultural context of the Vegetans and their societal need for dominance over each other and over their environment… though, looking at it, feeling it, Cheri had a terrifying thought: the appearance of the Super Saiyan as it appeared here, if that was indeed what this was at all, bore a striking similarity with the earliest known reports of Sadala’s doom. If that horrifying theory had any weight… would that same doom befall Plant, as well?

… Hatchi, half-destroyed as it already was, had already been evacuated multiple times over. It held no population, no valuables anyone could remember, no pets. No tuffle was foolish enough to keep all copies of their works in just one place, so they were safe as well. There was nothing in the city as it currently was worth shattering the planet into dust over; not when the golden doom, the seeming personification of all ends, was blowing away buildings by existing near them and out-deitying shinjin by existing in their proximity. All rationality made it clear that Cheri had to leave as soon and as safely as she could and, as much as it pained her in times like these, Cheri was a superlatively rational creature. She looked to Nasu and gave the telepathic platonic ideal of a ‘nod’ of affirmation.

Please be safe, she telepathically sent back to Nasu through their established connection, The power of the Super Saiyan may have been the power that doomed Sadala. Maybe. She wasn’t fully confident in that yet. But, if she was right, this very power represented the antithesis of what Cheri, Nasu, and the rest of Plant’s efforts for the Sadala Restoration Plan was for. I must go to protect and preserve my people, should the worst happen here. Here, take these: two rockets fired out from the Ape-Buster suit, though they would carry items to Nasu and politely stop in the air in front of him, for him to pick them up. They were an Emergency Forcefield Module, and a Ki Accentuation Circuit. But there’s one more thing I can do before I need to leave.

The suit’s light shone with newfound brightness as one of Cheri’s emergency meta-matter reactor batteries emptied its vast energy reserves into the suit’s wider system. First order of business: the Ape-Buster Suit’s blaster arm rose and pointed at the terrifying beacon of dread before blasting a powerful pink beam of energy that seemed to travel instantaneously (for it moved at the speed of light), aimed straight between Lottus’ eyes. Then, before the golden bruiser could do anything about it…

Cheri considered what her final words should be in her last moments here. There was no purpose in saying anything to Lottus, who was mindless in his rage. There was even less point talking to Ward, whether to attempt to reason with him or to catch his attention and efforts, for he had long since demonstrated that he was long gone, and even less reasonable than Lottus. So, she’d simply say, to the one person who would listen, to the one person who would care, to the one person she could say any of this to, Nasu:

“Good luck, Nasu. Hatchi is counting on you. I am counting on you. Please... I know you have it in you, I do. You have your honor, tempered and strengthened by your morals, by the values you place in yourself, in others, in me, and in ideals. You have the heart to make it out of this, I know you do. Nasu... even if all else fails, if the worst comes to pass, if what happened to Sadala happens to Plant, in case we never see each other again,"

The loud voice emanating from the Ape-Buster Suit shut off, and Cheri's own, true voice would appear in Nasu's mind through their telepathic connection.

Know that I love you.

… Cheri in her suit, if not prevented, would disappear in a beam of light, teleported to a place very, very far away with the lightest yet truest smile on her face.

Cheri uses her Dyno Capsule to replenish the second use of Blood Ruby. Presumably because you might not be able to give away a half-used item? If that isn’t a thing, it’s instead on the Arm Blaster. Not that it matters.

Cheri gives her Battle Armor and Blood Ruby to Nasu. Would have been the water, but Nasu already had some yummy momentum water.

Cheri drinks a Hetap, gaining 3 KP. This brings her up to 4 KP.

Cheri uses 2 KP to use Lightspeed Shot (30%, Homing) against Lottus, Power Boosted to 40% power using 2 MP. This means that it has a power of 136,000PL. It is Homing, but that won’t matter.

She then spends 2 KP on a Long-Range Teleport with a value of 204,000PL. Cheri is attempting to escape with this Solar Flare Support Technique!

KP: 0/6
MP: 0/6
Damage: 91/260
Power: 340,000

Unspent Item Resources:
Arm Blaster 1/2
Dyno Capsule 0/2
Hetap 0/1
Magic Water 1/1

Other Unspent Resources:
Sparking Technique 2/2